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I hope we can just accept that Tag walked to the sink & back between this page and the last. I promise he wasn't hiding a moist cloth in his pocket.

This is the first page I've lined traditionally in a long time, so it was a challenge. I really enjoyed drawing it though.

I was having some trouble motivating myself to sit at the computer for 10+ hours to draw my pages from scratch, so I decided to change things up. I much prefer it this way. I only switched to full digital in the first place because my partner and I went on a road trip. I didn't want to go on hiatus, so I brought a laptop with me and kept working at it. Then my scanner bit the dust, so I couldn't go back. :0 I'm borrowing a scanner at work for now, but if anyone knows of a scanner model they can recommend me, I'd love to hear your opinions!

It has to be Diego and Wicky! The two-fer will not be denied! Also, Machk, Alsoomse and Poet are still recovering from the batterings they received in-story, and while Solle is in the running, let's give her time to cuss more people out first. As for the background character, it's probably going to end up being Heavy Metal Granny, which would be terrible... Jackarais would have to draw in a whole background tableau to accommodate all the people that she'll have decked while they're taking her down. So: D&W all the way! You know it makes sense! >:=)>

Referring to Poet as being in "model mode" reminded me of Kraftwerk's discography. The Model was the hit track from their album The Man-Machine, and I am imagining Machk as the singer: ♫He is a model, he don't look so good/ I have to get him home, that's understood...♫